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earthworms
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09/15/2004 - 1:01 pm
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Name: Gary RuppertSubject: earthworms
Email: gruppert@rconnect.com
I no till soybean and strip till corn in flat land that had a county tile that would remove the surface water after a heavy rain that sometimes took weeks. It has recently been drained by an open ditch that can remove the surface water in 48 hrs or less. Their are no earthworms in this soil. I would like to get them established if possible. Anyone have any suggestions or experiences to share?
Email: gruppert@rconnect.com
I no till soybean and strip till corn in flat land that had a county tile that would remove the surface water after a heavy rain that sometimes took weeks. It has recently been drained by an open ditch that can remove the surface water in 48 hrs or less. Their are no earthworms in this soil. I would like to get them established if possible. Anyone have any suggestions or experiences to share?
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09/15/2004 - 1:01 pm
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Name: Paul Reed
Email: pandlreed@se-iowa.net
Gary,
Email: pandlreed@se-iowa.net
Gary,
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09/15/2004 - 1:01 pm
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Name: Robert
Email: rhuber@wcl.on.ca
If possible you could seed the area down to red clover along with the suggestions in the previous post. RC is the earthworms favorite food source.
Email: rhuber@wcl.on.ca
If possible you could seed the area down to red clover along with the suggestions in the previous post. RC is the earthworms favorite food source.
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09/15/2004 - 1:01 pm
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Name: Ed Winkle
Email: hymark@erinet.com
Thank you Paul for your suggestion. That makes good sense to me and I am going to try it. I notice my best soil is loaded with earthworms and my poorest has few or none. Many farmers have a problem with re-distributing the worms because if you have the family help, they want to use them for fishing bait!
Email: hymark@erinet.com
Thank you Paul for your suggestion. That makes good sense to me and I am going to try it. I notice my best soil is loaded with earthworms and my poorest has few or none. Many farmers have a problem with re-distributing the worms because if you have the family help, they want to use them for fishing bait!
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09/15/2004 - 1:01 pm
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Name: John
Email: jrlk@evertek.net
I have been notilling over a 1000 acre for 7 years. All fields are full of worms except one on the river flood plain. We chop silage there often and it is almost continues corn.
Email: jrlk@evertek.net
I have been notilling over a 1000 acre for 7 years. All fields are full of worms except one on the river flood plain. We chop silage there often and it is almost continues corn.
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09/15/2004 - 1:01 pm
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Name: Ed Winkle
Email: ffa@erinet.com
Are you willing to cover crop that field? I have used annual rye, oats, wheat, barley and other cover crops to keep something growing on sileage fields. The worms must not have enough residue if that is your lowest population field. Manure and cover crops planted on that field and worms inoculated to that soil will help them establish there, as Paul Reed describes above. Maybe your insecticide program in the continuous corn is preventing worm population build-up, also. Broadcast is definitely harder on worms than in-furrow but the worst enemy is cold, hard steel as Paul says. Your notill practices with manure and cover crops, inoculating with new worms and watching your pesticide programs should help.
Email: ffa@erinet.com
Are you willing to cover crop that field? I have used annual rye, oats, wheat, barley and other cover crops to keep something growing on sileage fields. The worms must not have enough residue if that is your lowest population field. Manure and cover crops planted on that field and worms inoculated to that soil will help them establish there, as Paul Reed describes above. Maybe your insecticide program in the continuous corn is preventing worm population build-up, also. Broadcast is definitely harder on worms than in-furrow but the worst enemy is cold, hard steel as Paul says. Your notill practices with manure and cover crops, inoculating with new worms and watching your pesticide programs should help.
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09/19/2005 - 12:11 pm
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Ed Winkle
Another year later, our healthiest earthworms seem to be in the fields that will yield the most again this year!
Ed Winkle
Ed Winkle
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